At St Pauls Advice Centre we fight poverty and injustice in the community by providing professional advice and equipping people with knowledge and skills so that they and access their rights and fulfil their obligations.
We are looking for someone experienced, purposeful and with great people skills to join our well-established, ambitious community advice centre as a Volunteer Coordinator. You will recruit, train and supervise our small team of volunteers as they work to support people to complete welfare benefit, energy and debt applications.
This is an exciting time to join our small team as we embark on a number of projects to increase our reach and impact in the community. As our Volunteer Coordinator you will be responsible for the development and delivery of our Advocato volunteer programme where you will offer guidance and support to a small group of volunteers helping vulnerable clients’ complete forms and attend assessments.
You will have proven experience within a similar role, and outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written, with all manner of people. You will also able to show us that you have excellent problem solving, organisational and team working skills.
We describe St Pauls Advice Centre as friendly, local and here to help – if that sounds like you too, we look forward to receiving your application.
We are proud of our accreditation as a Living Wage employer and we offer flexible working and a generous benefits package:
- Salary: £14,634.50
- Working hours: 17.5 hours per week
- Fixed term contract until 31st March 2026
- Annual Leave: 30 days per year plus bank holidays (pro rata)
- Extra 3 days annual leave between Christmas & New Year
- Pension Scheme: 5% employer’s contribution
- Flexible working hours
Closing Date: 20th March 2024
Interview Date: 4th April 2024